'Since I was a teenager, I would always have felt sick after certain types of food'
Irish karate star Caradh O’Donovan on battling Crohn’s disease, funding her dream and aiming for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Irish karate star Caradh O’Donovan on battling Crohn’s disease, funding her dream and aiming for the Tokyo Olympics.
Every year at least 80 people in Ireland develop acute intestinal failure.
Researchers hope the study will recognise the seriousness of the chronic, painful condition.
Seantrel Henderson suffers from Crohn’s disease.
Over 20,000 people in Ireland suffer from either Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis. Clara Caslin shares her story.
Life with Crohn’s and children is a hard one. It’s an invisible disease, where people say you don’t look sick, writes Valerie Donovan.
Alison Kelly has been living with Crohn’s Disease for nine years and says it’s time people started talking about their toilet habits.
And a lot lose jobs over it.
Almost ten million people have seen it in the last 10 days.
It’s hoped the development will lead to new ways to diagnose the condition, and eventually new drugs.
A number of chronic diseases are not being covered by the government’s scheme for long term illnesses, including Crohn’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, ulcerative colitis and coronary heart disease – but there are no plans to revise it.